SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE
(Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 29 August 1953)
Hiram Marshall of Regina Caps has been declared batting champion of the Western Canada Baseball League with a .353 average.
Marshall, who played left field and third base besides taking a turn behind the plate, had 42 hits in 199 trips to the plate.
Slugging specialist was Bob Herron of North Battleford who led in total bases with 139; in doubles, with 17; in runs batted in, with 60; and in home runs, with 12. His average of .341 was also good for runner-up spot to Marshall.
Herron tied with teammate Curtis Tate and Moose Jaw's Johnny Ford for the lead in triples, with five apiece. Base-stealing champion was Mario Herrera of Saskatoon with 19.
Behind Herron in the home run department came Percy Trimont of Regina and Roy Dean of North Battleford, each with seven. Dean and Tate were prominent in runs batted in, each with 43.
Regina had the best hitting club with a .278 percentage, followed by North Battleford with .273, Moose Jaw with .249 and Saskatoon with .240. Beavers hit the most home runs, 38, which was 17 better than the runner-up Caps.
In team fielding, North Battleford led with .942 while Saskatoon rated at .935 and Moose Jaw and Regina had identical .915 marks. Beavers led the league in double plays with 58.
Lefty Mike Dzingelowski was the loop's top hurler with four wins and no defeats. Chuck Holdaway of Beavers and Mike Kanshin of Saskatoon had 5-1 marks. In strikeouts, Bennie Griggs of Saskatoon nosed out teammate Ted Wills, 92-91
Average : Hiram Marshall RGC - .353
Runs : Curtis Tate NB - 67
Hits : Tate NB - 80
Doubles : Bob Herron NB - 17
Triples : Herron NB, Tate NB & John Ford MMA - 5
Home Runs : Herron NB - 12
RBI - Herron NB - 60
Stolen Bases : Mario Herrera SKG - 19 SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE FINAL GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Marshall Hiram RGC 41 119 21 42 54 8 2 0 6 14 .353 Herron Bob NB 59 223 44 76 139 17 5 12 60 .341 Dean Roy NB 38 151 31 51 83 7 2 7 0 43 .338 Trimont Percy RGC 38 145 36 49 82 6 3 7 3 31 .338 Reyes Leopoldo SKG 39 152 28 51 66 7 1 2 12 24 .336 Tyler Walt MJMA 36 152 20 50 73 6 4 3 2 29 .329 Gary Charles RGC 46 177 35 57 77 6 4 2 7 31 .322 Williams Roy RGC 39 147 32 47 64 7 2 2 10 26 .320 Nelson Ken NB 59 255 59 79 111 15 4 3 8 35 .310 Tate Curtis NB 59 264 67 80 110 11 5 3 17 43 .303 Latham Horace RGC 36 117 17 35 57 6 2 4 1 25 .299 Blackman/Blackmon Jesse NB 56 197 39 58 89 9 2 6 13 30 .294 Henry Al MJMA 36 126 22 37 38 1 0 0 4 12 .294 Holdaway, chuck NB 18 34 8 10 11 1 0 0 0 3 .294 Lloyd Johnny RGC 41 175 30 50 65 6 3 1 7 16 .286 Watrous Sherman SKG 41 186 37 52 69 8 3 1 6 22 .280 Coleman, Johnny NB 24 50 7 14 17 3 0 0 1 11 .280 Ryan James SKG 50 176 35 49 67 6 0 4 4 40 .278 Wilder, Bill RGC 21 69 13 19 26 2 1 1 2 10 .275 Zayas Roberto SKG-MJMA 42 132 27 36 49 2 1 3 14 20 .273 Griggs, Bennie SKG 25 55 10 15 23 3 1 1 2 7 .273 Peerless, Charlie RGC 13 33 4 9 13 0 2 0 0 8 .273 Johnson Harold SKG 14 45 10 12 14 2 0 0 5 7 .267 * Ford Johnny MJMA 54 214 36 57 74 7 5 0 9 20 .266 Rodness Bob NB 37 141 23 37 44 4 0 1 6 21 .262 Thompson John MJMA 53 196 38 51 70 7 3 2 10 12 .260 Breckner Len SKG 44 154 16 40 60 8 3 2 1 24 .260 Snead Sylvester RGC-SKG 41 116 14 30 38 6 1 0 4 12 .259 Robinette Rip MJMA 45 159 24 40 54 6 1 2 8 19 .252 Johnson Harold SKG-MJMA 37 147 25 37 54 5 3 2 6 20 .252 * Karlson Len SKG 53 184 28 46 66 5 3 3 2 24 .250 Donaldson, Ira/Ivey RGC 13 17 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Dzingelowski, Mike NB 12 17 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 .235 Carswell, Lindsay, RGC 41 148 29 34 39 2 0 1 11 14 .230 Diaz, Ezequiel SKG 42 149 32 34 37 1 1 0 10 18 .228 Wills, Ted SKG 23 53 8 12 12 0 0 0 0 8 .226 Herrera Mario SKG 55 205 39 46 59 6 2 1 19 23 .224 Knight, Bobby RGC 23 98 14 22 29 3 2 0 5 12 .224 McLeod, Jackie NB 44 121 16 27 39 6 0 2 1 17 .223 Francis, Emile NB 24 72 9 16 17 1 0 0 0 9 .222 Harbourne,Jack MJMA 54 182 21 39 52 4 3 1 9 23 .214 Pendleton, Reg SKG 14 14 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 .214 Green, Louis NB 58 211 34 45 53 8 0 0 4 25 .213 Stone Art,NB 57 194 43 40 61 10 1 3 6 23 .206 Shirley, James SKG 41 133 12 27 33 4 1 0 2 18 .203 St.John, Del SKG-NB 37 118 18 24 33 5 2 0 5 14 .203 Morrow, Jim SKG 10 20 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 .200 Smith, John RGC 31 78 15 15 15 0 0 0 1 9 .192 McGuigan, Chuck MJMA 27 77 8 14 18 4 0 0 4 4 .182 Jackson, Buzz SKG 15 47 7 4 5 1 0 0 0 5 .085 * It appears Harold Johnson is shown twice, once with SKG and the other with both SKG & MJMA.
Source : Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 29 August 1953 & Umknown
Wins : Coleman NB & Griggs SKG - 9 Strikeouts : Griggs SKG - 92 SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA Coleman Johnny NB 9 4 .692 34 68 Griggs Bennie SKG 9 7 .563 67 92 Dean Les NB 8 4 .667 47 48 Blackman/Blackmon Jesse NB 7 6 .538 70 68 Wills Ted SKG 6 3 .667 40 91 Wilder Bill RGC 6 3 .667 33 55 Holdaway Chuck NB 5 1 .833 44 43 Kanshin Mike SKG 5 1 .833 16 45 Morrow Jim SKG 5 2 .714 17 27 Pickens Frank RGC 5 5 .500 33 60 Dzingelowski Mike NB 4 0 1.000 18 51 Vera Jose SKC-RGC 3 2 .600 37 26 (a) Mike Dzingelowski would later be known as Mike Dayne. NB = North Battleford Beavers, SKG = Saskatoon Gems, RGC = Regina Caps, MMA = Moose Jaw Maples
SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE
Jim Burge of the Weyburn Beavers captured the 1953 batting championship of the Southern Baseball League with a .437 average. Burge topped teammate Jack Shupe who finished at .377. Hank Mitchell of Milestone was third, at .345.
Lionel Hap L'Heureux of Notre Dame Hounds was the leading pitcher with 6 wins in 10 starts. Lloyd Woolley of the Regina Caps had the best percentage with a perfect 5-0 won-lost mark.
Average : Jim Burge WY - .437
Runs : Bob Turner RGR - 21
Hits : Burge WY - 31 SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Burge Jim WY 71 31 .437 Shupe Jack WY 69 26 .377 Mitchell Hank MA 58 20 .345 Helfrick Johnny WY 59 20 .339 Turner Bob RGR 93 30 .323 Campbell Garnet AV 69 22 .319 Germann Frank ND 67 21 .313 Coleshaw John MA 62 19 .306 Covert Keith WY 72 22 .306 Campbell Gordon AV 85 26 .306
Royal Caps Clark Wendell RRC 41 4 7 .171 Felton Jackie RRC 66 14 17 .258 Harrison Cliff RRC 30 6 6 .200 Hingley Doug RRC 63 12 18 .286 Kyle Bill RRC 59 7 11 .186 Larter Ron RRC 38 2 5 .132 Lawson Johnny RRC 19 0 4 .211 Lysack Lou RRC 64 8 13 .203 McKenzie R. RRC 5 0 0 .000 McMurtry Pete RRC 5 1 1 .200 Rothermal Clarie RRC 44 7 10 .227 Sherran Don RRC 12 2 3 .250 Smith Bunny RRC 57 19 12 .211 Wall Vic RRC 59 12 17 .288 Wooley Don RRC 34 3 7 .206 Woolley Lloyd RRC 44 10 14 .318 Weyburn Burge Jim WY 71 8 31 .437 Casemore Russ WY 25 3 6 .240 Covert Keith WY 72 13 22 .306 Gemmell Bud WY 11 0 2 .182 Helfrick John WY 59 9 20 .339 Hogg Ralph WY 28 2 4 .143 Mayor Frank WY 17 3 3 .176 Sampson Keith WY 61 8 12 .197 Sather J. WY 20 1 2 .100 Scoles B. WY 14 1 5 .357 Shupe B. WY 24 1 6 .250 Shupe Doug WY 67 17 14 .209 Shupe Gayle WY 42 7 8 .190 Shupe Jack WY 69 16 26 .377 Wallin Roy WY 34 3 4 .118 Wilder Les WY 13 2 4 .308 Regina Red Sox Belick Art RGR 29 5 7 .241 Booth Frank RGR 11 0 1 .091 Cochrane Denny RGR 47 6 11 .234 Elbourne Gord RGR 1 1 0 .000 Franks Ernie RGR 5 1 2 .400 Goff W. RGR 0 0 0 .000 Goodhue Sam RGR 74 7 18 .243 Janis Lawrence RGR 5 1 1 .200 Leverick Tom RGR 20 1 1 .050 McEachern Ken RGR 76 18 14 .184 McFadyen J. RGR 50 3 11 .220 McLean Jake RGR 72 13 20 .278 Mitchellmore H. RGR 6 1 2 .333 Off Orville RGR 25 3 5 .200 Prosofsky Ed RGR 68 12 20 .294 Rennie Art RGR 70 8 10 .143 Richardson Wes RGR 22 2 4 .182 Scoyac Van RGR 2 0 0 .000 Stimpson Bill RGR 41 1 4 .098 Turner Bob RGR 93 21 30 .323 Notre Dame Bell Dean ND 58 9 15 .259 Claggett Bus ND 26 3 3 .115 Daley Tim ND 20 2 3 .150 Donald Bob ND 45 9 14 .311 Dornstauder Hank ND 10 1 2 .200 Faford B. ND 26 2 8 .308 Germann Frank ND 67 9 21 .313 Huck Murray ND 64 11 13 .203 Kunard Gary ND 6 2 2 .333 L'Heureux Lionel ND 37 5 8 .216 Magis C. ND 51 12 13 .255 McNiven Ed ND 64 7 11 .172 Mooney ND 1 0 0 .000 Padewski John ND 60 10 19 .317 Pindera ND 3 1 0 .000 Ruddy ND 1 1 1 1.000 Schiebelbein Rudy ND 6 1 2 .333 Steele Dale ND 13 1 3 .231 Sterzer Al ND 14 1 3 .214 Woodard George ND 11 2 3 .273 Zolinski ND 4 0 0 .000 Avonlea Buttgereit Walt AV 14 0 1 .071 Campbell Don AV 13 0 1 .077 Campbell Garnet AV 69 16 22 .319 Campbell Gordon AV 85 14 26 .306 Dombowsky Hugo AV 30 3 6 .200 Dornstauder Al AV 3 0 1 .333 Erdelyan John AV 73 10 18 .247 Ewan AV 3 0 0 .000 Forer Don AV 58 10 13 .224 Johnson AV 2 0 0 .000 Kirkpatrick C. AV 21 5 7 .333 Lawrence AV 14 3 3 .214 Lee Everett AV 52 6 11 .212 Lee K. AV 7 1 3 .429 Lee Lloyd AV 61 14 17 .279 McRorie Eric AV 18 2 2 .111 Sanderson Archie AV 77 12 22 .286 Sanderson H. AV 21 2 1 .048 Scott Dick AV 13 1 3 .231 Smith Al AV 3 1 1 .333 Smukovich F. AV 10 4 6 .600 Sorenson Cliff AV 27 6 8 .296 Tysdal Elmer AV 1 0 0 .000 Milestone Abel MA 4 0 0 .000 Bell Bob MA 11 0 1 .091 Buckmayer Tony MA 48 3 11 .229 Coleshaw John MA 62 7 19 .306 Connellan Terry MA 9 0 2 .222 Diehl Lawrence MA 1 0 0 .000 Dieter Lawrence MA 7 0 1 .143 Doerksen MA 1 0 0 .000 Ebbeson Ken MA 5 0 2 .400 Froelich MA 0 0 0 .000 Grad MA 6 0 1 .167 Hayes Bill MA 39 2 7 .179 Hayes Garth MA 2 0 0 .000 Heidt Ed MA 23 5 6 .261 Hoeft Fritz MA 36 1 9 .250 Hysop B. MA 2 0 0 .000 Hysop Morley MA 65 6 17 .262 Ivany MA 1 2 0 .000 Klinck Wayne MA 9 2 2 .222 Kober Ken MA 9 1 2 .222 Leskun Bill MA 41 4 8 .195 McNabb Morris MA 14 1 3 .214 Mitchell Hank MA 58 12 20 .345 Pow Ashley MA 28 4 8 .286 Sakeris MA 6 0 1 .167 Seed MA 11 0 1 .091 Shaw Lorne MA 31 2 6 .194 Slinn MA 2 1 1 .500 Snell Erick MA 65 4 19 .292 Solosky MA 1 0 0 .000 Stirr MA 26 1 5 .192
Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 19, 1953
Wins : Lionel L'Heureux ND - 6 Won-Lost Pct : Lloyd Woolley RRC - 5-0, 1.000 Games : Gordon Campbell AV - 13 Games Started : L'Heureux ND, Campbell AV - 10 Complete Games : L'Heureuz ND, Campbell AV - 8 SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
L'Heureux Lionel ND 12 10 8 6 4 .600
Shupe Gayle WY 10 7 7 5 3 .625
Campbell Gordon AV 13 10 8 5 6 .455
Woolley Lloyd RRC 9 6 4 5 0 1.000
Leverick Tom RGR 7 7 5 4 2 .667
Harrison Cliff RRC 9 7 4 4 3 .571
Hogg Ralph WY 9 8 6 4 4 .500
Richardson Wes RGR 6 5 3 3 1 .750
Dombowsky Hugo AV 6 6 5 3 2 .600
Wall Vic RRC 7 6 5 3 3 .500
Gemmell Bud WY 2 2 0 2 0 1.000
Larter Ron RRC 4 3 3 2 1 .667
Mitchelmore Don RGR 5 3 2 2 1 .667
Steele Dale ND 8 5 4 2 2 .500
Mitchell Hank MA 9 6 6 2 4 .333
Covert Keith WY 3 2 1 1 0 1.000
Schiebelbein Rudy ND 2 2 0 1 1 .500
Germann Frank ND 2 1 0 1 1 .500
Bell Bob MA 3 3 2 1 1 .500
McFadyen George RGR 7 3 3 1 2 .333
Janis Lawrence RGR 4 2 0 1 3 .250
Sterzer Al ND 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Booth Frank RGR 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Goff RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Tysdal Elmer AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Scott Dick AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Buttgereit Walter AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Daley Tim ND 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Dornstauder Hank ND 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Diehl Lawrence MA 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Grad MA 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Kober Ken MA 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Dieter Lawrence MA 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Snell Eric MA 2 1 1 0 1 .000
Hoeft Fritz MA 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Campbell Garnet AV 3 3 1 0 2 .000
Heidt Ed MA 6 4 2 0 4 .000 RRC = Regina Royal Caps, WY = Weyburn Beavers, RGR = Regina Red Sox, ND = Notre Dame Hounds, AV = Avonlea Arrows, MA = Milestone Athletics.
CHINOOK (ALBERTA) LEAGUE
Fennessey Leads Chinook Batsmen (The Calgary Herald, August 25, 1953)
Bill Fennessey of Purity 99, coming on with a rush in the late stages of the campaign, took the Chinook Baseball League batting crown away from Gus Kyle of Universal Mercurys, the leader right up to last week.
Fennessey garnered 41 hits in an even 100 times at bat and was well ahead of Kyle who boasted a .394 average. All players with 70 or more times at bat qualified for the batting title and the trophy that goes with it.
Kyle, on the other hand, was the leader in hits 50; runs batted in 52; and doubles 10. Ron Stewart of Mercurys scored the most runs 35, and had the most triples, four. Cyril Ing of Red Deer, now with the pro Stampeders, led the pack with 10 home runs. [Although the stats printed show Ing with just 7 homers.] Hank Bassen stole the most bases, 17.
In the pitching department, Bert Lahey of Purity 99 boasted the best earned runs average 1.62. Pitchers who had taken part in five games or more qualified for honors.
Don Kirk, Carstairs southpaw ace, was the leader in all other departments. He had the best record of all, 15-1, and had the most strikeouts, 168.
Average : Bill Fennessey C99 - .410 Hits : Gus Kyle CGM - 50 Doubles : Kyle CGM - 10 Triples : Ron Stewart CGM - 4 Home Runs : Cyril Ing RD - 7 RBI : Kyle CGM - 52 Runs : Stewart CGM - 35 Stolen Bases : Hank Bassen CGM - 17 CHINOOK LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Fennessey Bill C99 25 100 24 41 7 0 6 15 22 .410
Kyle Gus CGM 31 127 31 50 10 3 6 7 52 .394
Ing Cyril RD 25 113 21 40 3 0 7 4 21 .354
Stewart Ron CGM 27 108 35 38 8 4 6 14 28 .352
Torrence Babe CS 20 71 17 25 3 3 4 4 17 .352
Abel Dave CGM 27 123 22 41 8 1 6 1 36 .333
Dunning Bernie RD 23 99 18 33 8 1 2 3 9 .333
Shields CGM 23 84 27 28 5 0 0 15 7 .333
McKinnon Jim DH 25 107 16 35 5 0 2 6 25 .327
VanWassenhove Reg C99 31 138 30 45 6 0 0 7 9 .326
Service Bill RD 26 111 15 36 6 1 2 3 27 .324
Bassen Hank CGM 21 81 31 26 3 1 0 17 18 .321
Wylie Harvey CGM 22 89 26 28 2 1 2 14 10 .315
Saville Jim DH 24 97 20 30 8 0 0 0 15 .309
Casebeer Mernus CS 29 125 25 37 5 1 1 4 11 .296
Smith RD 26 115 26 33 5 0 2 0 13 .287
Lahey Bert C99 26 94 9 27 1 0 0 4 15 .287
Weaver Bing C99 23 84 14 23 5 0 0 5 6 .274
Bond Leroy C99 22 73 14 20 7 0 0 3 9 .274
Andronyk Jack DH 26 111 27 30 1 0 2 8 17 .270
Noble Harold CS 27 100 20 27 2 0 5 0 15 .270
Sparrow Bill DH 22 75 17 20 9 0 0 4 7 .267
Thederahn Bill C99 25 93 12 24 2 0 3 4 14 .258
Loewen Don CS 29 129 21 33 4 0 3 7 15 .256 Source : The Calgary Herald, August 25, 1953 Wins : Kirk CS - 15 Games : Kirk CS - 19 Innings : Kirk CS - 143 Strikeouts : Kirk CS - 168 ERA - Lahey C99 - 1.57 CHINOOK LEAGUE FINAL G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Lahey Bert C99 5 1 3 .250 29 26 17 5 5 18 2 1 1.57
Kruger Pete RD 9 2 3 .400 49 41 18 10 9 42 3 2 1.83
Kirk Don CS 19 15 1 .938 143 103 40 30 40 168 3 3 1.88
MacEwen Bentley CGM 18 13 2 .867 119 79 40 27 41 157 10 6 2.03
Lauer Bert CGM 9 7 2 .778 80 64 25 19 38 79 5 4 2.14
Bradley Lloyd C99 7 4 1 .800 47 63 29 12 11 41 0 1 2.28
Stone Frank C99 15 4 4 .500 108 92 51 30 35 58 0 9 2.48
Knight RD 7 2 2 .500 45 37 20 14 18 13 0 2 2.80
Nociar Rudy DH 12 4 7 .364 102 90 56 32 20 67 4 4 2.82
Martin Dave RD 13 6 5 .545 105 98 54 34 23 74 2 2 2.91
Gazely Pete RD 12 4 4 .500 70 62 45 25 31 50 3 3 3.20
Ryan Ernie C99 7 1 2 .333 32 33 20 12 8 13 5 9 3.38
Brian Ken CS 7 2 3 .400 47 34 24 18 23 27 6 0 3.45
Casebeer Lloyd CS 7 2 0 1.000 35 30 20 14 10 7 3 1 3.63
Neilsen Dale DH 13 2 6 .250 96 96 68 39 44 57 15 5 3.65
Gibson Brian C99 9 4 4 .500 59 54 37 25 32 31 0 4 3.79
Boesse DH 5 1 1 .500 23 23 16 11 8 11 2 0 4.24
Berlando Jim DH 6 3 2 .600 36 30 24 18 20 39 2 4 4.50 * Players' first names were not included in the newspaper report, added through additional research RD = Red Deer Dodgers, C99 = Calgary Purity 99, DH = Drumheller Miners, CGM = Calgary Universal Mercurys, CS = Carstairs Cardinals
FOOTHILLS (ALBERTA) BASEBALL LEAGUE
The only Foothills statistics unearthed thus far for the 1953 season are the batting and pitching stats for import Hubert Glenn of the Claresholm Meteors.
Glenn was the hitting and pitching star of the league, batting .450 with 13 home runs and fashioning a 16-7 won-lost record on the mound.
FOOTHILLS LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Glenn Hubert CL 62 14 6 13 12 .450 Source : Lethbridge Herald, September 16, 1953 FOOTHILLS LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Glenn Hubert CL 16 7 .696
MANDAK LEAGUE
The Winnipeg Free Press reported (September 4, 1953, p.24)
SCARBOROUGH TOPS HITTERS
Dean Scarborough, the slugging first baseman of the Minot Mallards is the ManDak Baseball League batting champion for 1953, according to statistics released by Stan Pepler.
Scarborough, who joined the Mallards when Mickey Rocco was released to Winnipeg Royals, took over with great gusto, and at one time was hitting the ball at well over .400. But that was too great a pace for anyone to keep up.
The closest man to Scarborough was Lester Lockett of Carman Cardinals, who met the apple at a highly respectable .332 pace, and one point back of Lockett at .331 was another Mallard, Duke Bowman.
The selections were based on 150 or more times at bat. Actually, Carlos Forten, young pitcher with Winnipeg, was tops with .375, but he batted only 24 times. Sugar Cain of Minot, and the league's winningest pitcher, hit .357 at 112 times at bat.
Big Pete Hughes of the Royals, the most walked man in the league, although it doesn't show up in the statistics, apparently wasn't being given those passes for nothing. Besides ending up sixth in the batting race with a .324 average, he set an all-time league record for home runs in one season by polling 13 circuit clouts. One top of that, he led the league with runs batted in with 66, 11 more than his nearest rival, Lyman Bostock of Carman, who had 55.
Curly Williams, who joined Carman Cardinals after they had played about 15 games, could quite feasibly have beaten Hughes in home run production had he been in the league all season. He was only one homer behind Hughes.
Bob Strader of Royals, after a slow start, came on to top the league in doubles with 24, seven more than Herb Souell of Carman, Connie Juelke and Chuck Carroll of Minot and Bill Spaeter of Royals.
Cowan Hyde, who doesn't appear big enough to hit the ball out of the infield, proved quite a power to the Brandon Greys as he laced 10 triples to pace the loop.
Jesse Douglas, who started the season with Winnipeg, but finished with Brandon, showed his prowess on the base paths with 13 stolen bases, one more than teammate Clarence King.
The pitching statistics present a problem. Which pitcher is the best? Going strictly on percentage, Ed Albosta, manager and relief ace of Minot, would appear to have the title with eight victories and two defeats for an .800 average. But somehow Sugar Cain seems to be tops with the most wins 12, as against five losses for a .706 average. There is no earned run average listed. Here are the complete records.
Average : Dean Scarborough MI - .356 Hits : John Washington BR - 98 Doubles : Bob Strader WR - 24 Triples : Cowan Hyde BR - 10 Home Runs : Pete Hughes WR - 12 Runs : Lyman Bostock CA - 62 RBI : Hughes WR - 66 Stolen Bases : Jesse Douglas BR - 13 MANDAK FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Scarborough Dean MI 49 222 49 79 10 2 2 4 17 .356
Rocco Mickey WR 12 16 .333 b
Lockett Lester CA 56 232 34 77 11 1 1 2 30 .332
Bowman Duke MI 70 281 46 93 15 7 2 6 49 .331
Washington John BR 71 300 46 98 12 1 4 7 45 .327
Robinson Norm CA 64 243 43 79 9 0 1 10 35 .325
Hughes Pete WR 74 241 54 78 13 0 13 0 66 .324
Longest Chick CA 57 221 53 71 12 2 6 6 40 .321
Bostock Lyman CA 72 307 62 97 16 4 2 7 55 .316
Valentine James BR 55 216 20 66 12 1 1 2 25 .306
Souell Herb CA 72 318 58 96 17 3 5 7 39 .302
Cleveland Bill WR 52 165 28 49 12 3 1 4 18 .297
Atkins Joe CA 55 197 40 58 9 1 7 1 40 .294
King Clarence BR 70 277 51 81 16 6 4 12 46 .292
Hyde Cowan BR 63 271 48 79 16 10 0 9 30 .292
Juelke Connie MI 59 245 42 71 17 2 11 0 49 .290
Carroll Chuck MI 66 266 51 77 17 3 3 2 38 .289
Williams Willie Curly CA 57 199 45 57 15 1 12 4 40 .286
Corcoran Don MI 59 204 37 58 8 8 3 0 22 .284
Renfroe Othello MI 64 219 43 60 11 2 3 3 45 .274
McLean Zoonie MI 45 173 24 47 8 4 2 0 20 .272
Mitchell Joseph BR 60 209 34 56 6 5 2 5 34 .268
Andrews Sonny CA 62 239 51 64 9 1 5 3 29 .268
Strader Bob WR 73 318 57 83 24 0 8 3 48 .261
Rittenberg Bob WR 69 258 36 67 16 2 1 2 40 .260
Wilson Chuck BR 66 247 48 64 12 7 9 6 45 .259
Spaeter Bill WR 56 230 37 59 17 2 5 1 41 .257
Douglas Jesse BR 53 206 40 52 14 2 2 13 25 .252
Louden Lou WR 65 274 48 69 8 1 2 1 32 .252
Massaro Joe MI 59 251 35 63 9 1 2 1 35 .251
Andux Orlando BR 67 233 42 57 16 5 0 6 17 .245
Bowman Ed MI 60 218 35 53 7 0 0 2 21 .243
Butcher Dick WR 74 279 45 62 8 0 7 5 33 .222
Cabrera Rafe WR 57 189 30 42 5 2 4 8 27 .222
Turner Bob CA 54 201 26 41 6 2 1 1 33 .204 (Fewer than 150 ABs)
Forten Carlos WR 21 24 2 9 0 0 0 0 1 .375
Cash Bill BR 30 102 26 37 6 23 .363 a
Cain Sugar MI 40 112 18 40 10 1 2 0 18 .357
Fields Wilmer BR 24 101 36 6 4 35 .356 c
Griffith Bob BR 23 49 7 17 4 0 0 0 9 .347
McKerlie Almer CA 21 76 11 26 7 0 2 1 7 .342
Rhodes Harry CA 40 93 15 30 8 4 1 1 16 .323
Brown Barney BR 18 49 8 15 2 0 0 0 10 .306
Lott Benjamin CA 37 136 25 41 9 4 1 7 21 .301
Martin Warren MI 11 27 6 8 1 0 0 0 1 .296
Parker Tom BR 20 49 7 14 3 0 0 1 9 .286
Moore Dee WR 39 121 17 34 6 0 0 1 15 .281
Banks Jim BR 33 76 13 21 3 2 1 0 18 .276
Easterling Howard BR 14 60 9 16 1 5 .267 a
Brown Danny WPG 16 53 8 14 0 3 .264 a
Cooper Jack MI 14 38 8 10 0 4 .263 a
Hutchinson Willie CA 16 36 4 9 1 0 0 0 3 .250
Wells Sr Willie BR 21 47 3 11 2 0 0 0 4 .234
Parker Fred WR 14 30 4 7 1 0 1 0 5 .233
Gibbons Dirk WR 23 56 12 13 2 0 0 0 3 .232
Albosta Ed MI 20 28 2 6 1 1 0 1 2 .214
Newberry James CA 31 50 8 10 0 0 0 0 5 .200
McKinnis Gread BR 26 35 4 7 1 0 1 0 5 .200
Dempsey Larry MI 21 31 9 6 1 0 0 0 3 .194
Price Hal WR 20 45 5 7 1 0 0 0 3 .156
Jenkins PeeWee BR 18 22 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 .136
Letau Niel MI 6 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .133
McCoy Walter CA 23 53 5 6 3 0 0 0 3 .113
Washburn Bill WR 23 57 2 6 3 0 0 0 3 .105
Preston Al CA 16 20 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100
Merrill Rollie WR 22 45 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .089
Amaro Mario BR 15 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .050
Pine Felix CA 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Triplett Mel MI
Source : Winnipeg Free Press, September 4, 1953, p.24
(a) To July 1st. Bill Cash stats final as he left previous to July 1st.
(b) Winnipeg Free Press, August 22, 1953, p.24
(c) Compiled from game reports/box scores Wins : Cain MI - 12 Games : Newberry CA - 30 Games Started : Washburn WG - 20 Complete Games : Cain MI - 15 Innings : Cain MI - 156 Strikeouts : Cain MI - 123 MANDAK FINAL G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Cain, Sugar MI 17 17 15 12 5 .706 156 124 70 48 123
Gibbons, Dirk WG 19 16 8 11 5 .688 123 149 91 55 75
Washburn, Bill WG 21 20 12 10 7 .588 151 140 83 68 95
McCoy, Walter CA 21 14 9 10 8 .556 134 162 106 69 89
Brown, Barney BR 15 11 7 9 4 .692 122 116 60 53 76
Albosta, Ed MI 26 3 2 8 4 .667 85 72 52 63 54
Griffith, Bob BR 18 3 3 8 2 .800 82 73 37 18 48
Rhodes, Harry CA 21 14 6 8 6 .571 118 119 69 34 53
McKinnis, Gread BR 25 11 3 7 5 .583 100 98 45 39 78
Parker, Tom BR 16 7 2 5 2 .714 57 52 40 37 28
Parker, Fred WG 12 11 6 6 4 .600 87 85 44 38 62
Jenkins, PeeWee BR 12 5 1 5 3 .625 68 70 39 25 41
Newberry, James CA 30 15 6 5 9 .357 137 193 102 43 64
Merrill, Rollie WG 21 17 7 5 13 .278 134 151 88 46 62
Kanshin, Mike WG 11 5 2 4 0 1.000 a
Lettau, Neil MI 6 5 3 4 1 .800 44 39 18 25 37
Price, Hal WG 14 10 6 4 2 .667 89 58 58 42 54
Martin, Warren MI 10 9 5 4 3 .571 66 71 35 30 28
Porter, Andy CA 13 12 4 4 4 .500 a
Preston, Al CA 16 11 2 4 5 .444 69 86 68 65 43
Forten, Carlos WG 19 8 2 3 5 .375 67 85 49 27 46
Dempsey, Larry MI 14 8 4 3 5 .375 72 75 40 26 27
Hutchinson, Willie CA 12 9 5 3 6 .333 91 100 62 41 49
Gowett, Chuck WG 6 2 2 2 0 1.000 a
Murray, Mal MI 5 4 1 2 1 .667 a
Whitcher, Bob MI 10 6 4 2 3 .400 a
Amaro, Mario BR 15 7 1 2 6 .250 64 64 43 54 31
Pine, Felix CA 5 5 1 1 2 .333 26 18 19 23 3
Lowe, Tom MI 3 3 1 1 2 .333 a
Moore, Dee WG 4 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Williams, Mike MI/WG 4 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Wells, Willie BR 4 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Brewer, Chet CA 3 2 0 0 0 .000 a
Scarborough, Dean MI 3 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Landsen, Whitey MI 2 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Fields, Wilmer BR 2 1 0 0 0 .000 a
Longest, Chick CA 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Cobbe, Gerald CA 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Cowan, WG 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Murray, John CA 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Beck, Paul WG 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Banks, Jim BR 14 3 1 0 1 .000 49 49 37 38 49
Chapman, Roy MI 5 1 0 0 1 .000 a
McCoy, Ray CA 3 3 0 0 1 .000 a
Kelly, John MI 2 2 0 0 1 .000 a
Renfroe, Othello MI 1 1 0 0 1 .000 a
Klaudt, Roy MI 1 1 0 0 1 .000 a
Lombardo, Lou MI 6 3 2 0 3 .000 a
Cleveland, Bill WG 9 3 2 0 5 .000 a * Winnipeg Free Press, September 4, 1953, p.24
* G, GS, CG, W, L compiled from game reports, box scores
* There were some minor differences between the published stats and the game-by-game analysis. The published report had Albosta with 19 games, Price 16, Gibbons 20, Tom Parker 13, McKinnis 26, Dempsey 13, Forten 20, Merrill 22. Lettau was shown with a 3-1 record, Gibbons 10-6, Martin 5-3, Griffith 8-5, Pine 1-1, Newberry 5-10, Forten 3-6. MI = Minot Mallards, BR = Brandon Greys, CA = Carman Cardinals, WR = Winnipeg Royals
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE
Billy Flick of the Waterloo Tigers won the batting title in the Intercounty League, with an average of .349. Ed Steele, a former Negro Leaguer, paced the loop in home runs with 14. Eudie Napier of Guelph was the RBI leader driving in 53 runs to match the mark set by Galt's Vern Kaiser in 1949. Oshawa's Butch Lawing was tops in extra base hits with 27.
Mel Duncan of the Kitchener Panthers and Gentry Jessup of Galt Terriers led the moundsmen. Duncan had the best percentage with a 12-4 record, while Jessup won the most games, 15, and had the most strikeouts, 140.
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Flick Bill WAT 252 38 88 40 .349 Steele Ed GT 173 38 59 14 43 .341 Welker Dick KR 231 58 78 38 38 .338 Lawing Butch osh 215 47 72 49 .335 Evon Russ LDN 241 51 79 42 .328 Oberholzer Don WAT 178 32 52 24 .326 * Biasatti Hank WAT 222 42 71 30 .324 * Halkard Jim LDN 200 45 64 37 .320 Wilkes Jimmy BRS 151 23 48 14 .318 O'Connor Ted OS 202 44 63 28 .312 Napier Eudie GU 11 53 Kvasnak Alex KIR 49 Cline Gerry GT 12
Source : Brantford Expositor, September 1 & 9, 1953
* Oberholzer was shown with the .326 average, but also shown with 52 hits which would have produced a .292 average. With the hits and at bats shown Biasatti would have had a .320 average.
Average : Flick WAT - .349 Hits : Flick WAT - 88 Home Runs : Steele Ed GT - 14 RBI : Napier Eddie GU - 53 Stolen Bases : Welker Dick KR - 38 Source : Intercounty Record Book Wins : Jessup Gentry GT - 15
Won-Lost Pct : Duncan KR - .750 Strikeouts : Jessup GT - 140 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Duncan Mel KR 12 4 .750 Source : Intercounty Record Book BRS=Brantford Red Sox, GT=Galt Terriers, GU=Guelph Maple Leafs, KR=Kitchener Panthers, LDN=London Majors, STT=St. Thomas Elgins, WAT=Waterloo Tigers, OS=Oshawa Merchants
BASIN LEAGUE
Ray Fletcher of Winner, with a .381 mark, topped hitters in the Basin League. Teammate Jack Shaeffer was the runner-up at .362. Carroll Hardy of Pierre was third, at .356. Fletcher also topped the loop in runs batted in with 19.
Harry Northrup of Winner was the leading pitcher, winning five of six decisions. Wendell Hill, also of the Pheasants, took the earned-run crown, posted an ERA of 1.57. Pete Fox of Winner finished at 4-1. Bob Ridenour of Valentine had an ERA of 1.65. Northrup was third at 1.92.
Average : Fletcher WP - .381
RBI : Fletcher WP - 19
Home Runs : Williams CB, Moore WP - 3
BASIN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Fletcher Ray WP 16 63 24 19 .381
Shaeffer Jack WP 14 58 21 14 .362
Hardy Carroll PC 16 59 21 .356
Boettcher Mike CB 11 44 15 .341
Wellman Guy MK 14 49 15 .306
Burkley Dick WP 12
Musgrave Bob PC 12
Moore Homer WP 3 10
Williams Bob CB 3
Source : The Daily Republic, Mitchell, SD, August 24, 1953
Wins : Northrup WP - 5
ERA : Hill WP - 1.57
BASIN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Northrup Harry WP 5 1 .833 1.92
Fox Pete WP 4 1 .800 3.58
Sabalaskey John MK 4 3 .571
Huffstetler John VH 4 3 .571
Quayle Don PC 4 4 .500
Hill Wendell WP 2 2 .500 1.57
Jensen Merle CB 2 2 .500
Ridenour Bob VH 1.66
Cook Ed PC 2.31
WP=Winner Pheasants, PC=Pierre Cowboys, VH=Valentine Hearts, MK=Mitchell Kernels,
CB=Chamberlain Chiefs
OKANAGAN MAINLINE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Bill Raptis of the champion Penticton Athletics captured the 1953 batting title with a .411 batting mark. Tony Brummet of Vernon was the runner-up at .390. Brummet tied for the lead in homers with Johnny Lingor and Bob Campbell of Kelowna, each with five. Len Gatin of Kamloops was the top hurler with a 10-2 won/lost record. Young Ted Bowsfield of Penticton finished at 5-1 in 57 innings before suffering a sore arm. He allowed just 24 hits and fanned 87. Campbell was named Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player of the Kelowna Orioles.
In mid-September, it was announced that the league executive had reversed an earlier ruling (not to include tie-breaking playoff games in the final statistics) and thus, Brummet would be the batting champion with a .400 average and Raptis would be second at .383. However, Raptis' team, Penticton, announced it would protest the decision. It is not known what happened to the protest.
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE GP AB R H 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Raptis Bill PEN 56 23 .411 Brummet Tony VER 77 30 .390
Source : Kamloops Sentinel, September 16, 1953
PENTICTON ATHLETICS GP AB R H 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Clifton Wendell PEN 16 2 7 0 .438
Raptis Bill PEN 56 17 23 3 .411
Russell Bud PEN 58 15 22 6 .379
Edwards Les PEN 39 9 13 1 .333
Jones Gordon PEN 3 0 1 1 .333
Backor Wally PEN 22 3 7 0 .318
Moore Doug PEN 73 13 19 1 .260
Hebenton Sholto PEN 66 8 17 2 .258
Burgart Lloyd PEN 75 13 19 6 .253
Bowsfield Ted PEN 24 4 6 0 .250
Drossos Sam PEN 32 7 8 1 .250
Mori Elmer PEN 52 11 13 4 .250
Nieves Bill PEN 24 1 6 1 .250
Powell Aubrey PEN 55 4 13 1 .236
Getz George PEN 13 1 3 1 .231
McDonald Ross PEN 9 3 2 0 .222
Collins Mac PEN 53 5 9 0 .170
Jordan Larry PEN 7 0 1 0 .143
Karrar Bob PEN 7 0 1 0 .143
O'Connell Kev PEN 31 4 4 2 .129
Beale Jackie PEN 1 0 0 0 .000
Charnes Pat PEN 1 0 0 0 .000
Garnett Eddie PEN 4 1 0 0 .000
Source : Penticton Herald, September 9, 1953
VERNON CANADIANS GP AB R H 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Brummet Tony VER 77 30 5 2 5 .390 (1) Graff Russell VER 72 27 6 .375 Johnston Bob VER 19 7 2 1 .368 Stecyk Tom VER 70 24 4 1 .343 Spelay Tony VER 74 17 .230 Jackson Ike VER 35 8 .229 Adams Ray VER 79 17 2 2 .215 (2) Inglis Bill VER 24 5 .208 Lucchini Leo VER 10 2 .200 Pawluk Ray VER 58 11 .190 Munk Al VER 47 6 .128 Correale Gordon VER 24 3 .125 Schaeffer Hap VER 8 1 .125 Dye Vern VER 9 1 .111 Leismeister Wally VER 32 3 .094 Dye George VER 11 1 .091 Keckalo Walter VER 11 1 .091 Crandlemeier Ken VER 5 0 .000 Reghenois R. VER 6 0 .000 Pawluk Pat VER 1 0 .000 (1) Shown in the paper with 70 ABs, but 77 needed for average shown.
(2) Shown with 19 ABs in the newspaper, 79 brings the average closer to that shown.
Source : Vernon News, August 27, 1953
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB ERA 1953 OMBL Gatin Len KO 10 2 .833 1953 OMBL Bowsfield Ted PEN 5 1 .833 57 24 87
VERNON CANADIANS
1953 OMBL Jackson Ike VER 4 4 .500 71 81 38 15 18 36 3 1.90
1953 OMBL Leismeister Wally VER 5 4 .556 76 76 48 29 21 70 5 3.43
1953 OMBL Dye George VER 0 2 .000 9 13 10 4 10 3 1 4.00
1953 OMBL Brummet Tony VER 0 0 .000 2 2 5 0 4 1 0 0.00
CENTRAL INTERIOR / PRINCE GEORGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE
(August 20) Willie McDermid of the Willow River Red Sox is the 1953 batting champion of the Central Interior Baseball League according to figures released on this date. The peppery Red Sox backstop finished the regular season with a .433 batting average, seven percentage points ahead of Ken Koyami of the Quesnel Lumbermen. McDermid also led the circuit in home runs, connecting for four. Howie Martin of the Red Sox was the league's leading hurler with at least eight straight wins without a loss (four Willow River victories did not list a winning pitcher).
McDermid Willie WRR .433
Koyami Kadi(Ken) QLM .426
Robinson Leo WRR .420
Oliver George QCP .389
Church Mike WRR .377
Blair Roy QLM .370
Keen Billy QLM .368
Silverson F. QCP .365
Dickson Dick PGM .341
Munk Otto QLM .333
Source : Prince George Citizen, August 20, 1953
PGA=Prince George Athletics, PGM=Prince George Merchants, QCP=Quesnel Clippers, QLM=Quesnel Lumbermen, VHF=Vanderhoof Cubs, WRR=Willow River Red Sox
COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE
Johnny Haramboure of the Campbell River Athletics captured the batting crown in the Comox District League for 1953 with an outstanding mark of .447 in 76 at bats. Earl Woods of Courtenay Legion was close behind with a .436 average and Charlie Boyd of the A's finished third batting .425. Vern Ferguson of the Cougars, .400, and Frank Bezanson of Courtenay Legion, at .371, rounded out the top five.
COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE GP AB R H 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Haramboure Johnny CR 76 34 .447 Woods Earl CNL 39 17 .436 Boyd Charlie CR 52 22 .423 Ferguson V. CRC 65 26 .400 Bezanson Frank CNL 70 26 .371 Kanik Joe CR 70 24 .343 Marshall Don(Smoothie) CRC 67 21 .313 Telosky Andy CR 46 14 .304 Lund Ron UB 71 21 .296 Burtt Vic CNL 54 15 .278
Haramboure Johnny CR 76 34 .447 Boyd Charlie CR 52 22 .423 Kanik Joe CR 70 24 .343 Telosky Andy CR 46 14 .304 Cameron Jack CR 79 20 .253 (1) Younger Jack CR 56 14 .250 Fiscus Bob/Bud CR 33 8 .242 Nagle Naz CR 51 12 .235 Cameron Ron CR 34 6 .176 Fredericks Bill CR 36 5 .139
Ferguson V. CRC 65 26 .400 Marshall Don(Smoothie) CRC 67 21 .313 Thulin Harry CRC 65 18 .277 Motion Russ CRC 46 12 .261 (2) Korsa Joe CRC 66 16 .242 McDonald Skip CRC 68 16 .235 Turcotte Al CRC 63 14 .222 Dobson B. CRC 45 10 .222
Moore Roy COM 45 12 .267 Marshall Ray COM 59 12 .203 Smith Jack COM 40 8 .200 Jackson E. COM 46 8 .174 Hawkins John COM 51 8 .157 Gunter Bob COM 32 4 .125 Forster Wayne COM 37 3 .081
Woods Earl CNL 39 17 .436 Bezanson Frank CNL 70 26 .371 Burtt Vic CNL 54 15 .278 McKenzie Lyle CNL 45 12 .267 Chalmers Junior CNL 55 13 .236 Downey Ray CNL 55 13 .236 Orr Freddy CNL 58 9 .155 Downey Dick CNL 66 10 .152 (3) Coleman Lou CNL 39 5 .128 McIvor R.(Shorty) CNL 30 3 .100 Currie Garnie CNL 31 3 .097
Murphy G. CUC 45 12 .267 Patterson E. CUC 36 8 .222 Moncrief B. CUC 31 6 .194 Welsh Doug CUC 33 6 .182 Bulatovich Pete CUC 36 6 .167 Aitken R. CUC 37 6 .162
Ciprick Bill POW 58 16 .276 (4) Biasutti R. POW 60 13 .217 Hildebrand Danny POW 53 11 .208 Somerville Art POW 34 7 .206 Johnson Gerry POW 44 9 .205 McCormick J. POW 34 6 .176 Cochlan J. POW 47 6 .128
Lund Ron UB 71 21 .296 Montgomery Skip UB 59 15 .254 Shillito Ed UB 45 10 .222 Pratt Ron UB 37 8 .216 Stevenson Cy UB 54 11 .204 McKay Joe UB 71 14 .197 Geary Bob UB 33 5 .152 Shillito B. UB 38 4 .105 Kennedy A. UB 49 5 .102
Source : Comox District Free Press, September 3rd
* There were four significant differences between the published averages and the numbers which arise from the ABs and Hits shown - Cameron was published at .304, but the numbers show .253; Motion .249; Downey .186; and Ciprick .286.
CR=Campbell River Athletics, CNL=Courtenay Legion, COM=Comox Tigers, CRC=Campbell River Cougars,
CUC=Cumberland Cubs, POW=Powell River Rodmays, UB=Union Bay Braves
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE
Augie Schlaffer of the Faribault Lakers has captured his second straight batting championship swatting the ball at a .390 clip in 177 at bats. He won the crown in 1952 with a .362 mark. Sam Hill of Rochester was the runner-up, hitting .373, with Norm Snyder of Winona third, at .360, Andy Baud of Waseca, .358, and Wally Jako of the Braves at .348. Mankato's Art Seguso led the loop in homers with 20 and RBI with 52. Ernie Davis of Albert Lee was tops in two baggers, with 15 and Austin's Olin Martin had the most triples, four.
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Thomas Dave FAR 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Leak MAK 4 2 0 0 0 1 .500
Kneeskern Ralph ROC 2 1 0 0 0 1 .500
Kenney Jack WSA 2 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Schlaffer Augie FAR 177 69 14 0 6 33 .390
House Sam AUS 37 14 4 1 0 8 .378
Polka Roy ROC 8 3 1 0 0 1 .375
Hill Sam ROC 185 69 12 3 10 37 .373
Seltz Dick AUS 36 13 1 0 2 9 .361
Snyder Norm WIN 164 59 6 0 10 46 .360
Baud Andy WSA 187 67 11 2 7 35 .358
Marquardt Rollie LEA 17 6 2 0 0 3 .353
Jako Wally WSA 178 62 14 0 11 47 .348
Everhardt Ken OW 159 55 7 1 8 28 .346
Dahlberg Clint(Timber) ROC 168 58 8 0 13 49 .345
Watson Jim LEA 166 57 7 0 13 45 .343
Furseth Paul ROC 35 12 4 0 1 5 .343
McCarthy Jerry FAR 146 50 7 2 6 15 .342
Hormann Gabby WIN 163 55 12 2 8 32 .337
Raso Joe AUS 167 56 7 1 4 25 .335
Campeau Bill AUS 170 57 9 2 9 38 .335
Jensen Babe LEA 90 30 7 1 1 17 .333
Miller R.(Bob) WIN 3 1 0 1 0 1 .333
Costa Al WSA 3 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Marquardt Del LEA 151 50 9 2 3 30 .331
Wheeler Don ROC 152 50 7 0 5 20 .329
Petschaw Don MAK 116 37 5 0 6 16 .319
Barnacle Bill ROC 135 43 9 0 3 26 .319
Leach Bill WIN 170 54 10 0 6 28 .318
Gilbert Al MAK 183 57 12 0 9 30 .311
Seguso Art MAK 162 50 6 0 20 52 .309
Martin Olin AUS 201 62 9 4 3 30 .308
Modica Joe WIN 169 52 10 1 7 24 .308
Vondrashek George OW-WIN 13 4 1 0 0 0 .308
Barrett Red MAK 46 14 2 0 0 6 .304
Harpuder Mel LEA 96 29 7 1 2 14 .302
Scalise Joe AUS 189 57 6 0 7 27 .302
Sebastian Marty ROC 50 15 3 0 0 6 .300
Gilchrist Verdon LEA 154 46 7 1 0 21 .299
Blanchard Don LEA 27 8 1 0 0 3 .296
Sturdevant Joe WSA 183 54 12 2 8 32 .295
Shargey Stan WIN 156 46 5 0 6 27 .295
Wilkins Dewey LEA 48 14 2 0 0 6 .292
Bitti ROC 24 7 1 0 1 5 .292
Gittens Eddie WIN-ROC 134 39 10 0 5 19 .291
Scarborough Dean ROC 55 16 1 0 0 4 .291 (1)
Gilmore Roy AUS 187 54 8 0 10 33 .289
Vitous Lou LEA 170 49 8 1 9 30 .288
Lindgren Red AUS 177 51 9 1 1 24 .288
Davis Ernie LEA 175 50 15 1 2 18 .286
Magula Steve LEA 175 50 10 0 11 37 .286
Rosenbaum Ray AUS 49 14 0 1 0 2 .286
Martin Warren ROC 21 6 0 0 0 1 .286
Joyce Roy WIN-FAR 21 6 0 0 0 1 .286
Phipps Jim WIN-LEA 21 6 0 0 0 0 .286
Laga Frank WSA-ROC 14 4 1 0 0 0 .286
Thompson Adrian FAR 176 50 10 1 6 26 .284
Ludwig Bob FAR 82 23 0 2 1 5 .280
Stange Don WIN 77 21 0 0 2 11 .273
Bartholomew Bob AUS 191 52 9 0 1 21 .272
Thomas Carl ROC 52 14 3 0 2 6 .269
Olive Gene WSA 188 50 6 2 7 25 .266
Freund Johnny ROC 147 39 10 1 4 31 .265
Miller Frank MAK 170 45 6 0 12 34 .265
Hawkins Bob FAR 19 5 2 0 0 3 .263
Giebel Arnie OW-WIN 164 43 3 1 6 28 .262
Reed/Reid Wally OW-WIN 188 49 9 0 5 15 .261
Oates Red WSA 139 36 6 1 2 16 .259
Ashford Carl MAK 143 37 6 0 2 12 .259
Gendreau Ronnie WSA 124 32 9 1 1 18 .258
Elkind Dick FAR 43 11 1 0 0 1 .256
Baker Willard MAK 135 34 8 0 1 9 .252
Sack Jim OW-WIN 175 44 5 0 1 14 .251
Nascak Emil WIN 176 44 9 0 2 18 .250
Thomas Gene WSA 148 37 3 0 16 45 .250
Mealey Hockey FAR 120 30 4 0 5 17 .250
Carlson Ray ROC-WIN 92 23 4 1 2 11 .250
Brawner Ralph MAK 24 6 1 0 0 0 .250
Balance Bob WSA 16 4 0 0 0 2 .250
Danielson Bob MAK 8 2 0 0 1 2 .250
Heinbigner Len WSA 4 1 0 0 0 0 .250
McCabe Bob LEA 189 47 5 1 1 26 .249
Cannuli Nick ROC 125 31 5 0 0 10 .248
Kaess Dick FAR 148 36 4 1 3 15 .243
Weygandt Al OW 74 18 3 1 3 11 .243
Mathews Chuck ROC 99 24 2 1 1 9 .242
Verespy George OW 178 43 6 2 4 22 .242
Grass Paul OW 117 28 3 1 0 10 .239
Deem Pete FAR 138 33 4 0 5 27 .239
Mansfield Bill ROC 21 5 2 0 0 0 .238
Milich Tom WIN 148 35 7 0 4 19 .236
Peterson Bob FAR 72 17 2 0 0 5 .236
Elbert Bill MAK 30 7 1 0 0 2 .233
Selbo Glen WIN 30 7 1 0 0 5 .233
Wieczorek R.(Butch) WIN 13 3 1 0 0 3 .231
LaVelle Jack OW 154 35 5 0 7 29 .227
Johnston Gordy MAK 110 25 4 0 1 6 .227
Gomez Pedro MAK 121 27 3 1 1 14 .223
Kraupa Arleigh WSA 45 10 1 0 0 1 .222
Price Hal ROC 9 2 0 0 0 0 .222
Loomis Dick MAK 161 35 7 1 6 17 .217
Thurnblad Jack FAR 51 11 1 0 0 2 .216
Tobias Claire OW 61 13 0 0 2 6 .213
VanAmberg Fred OW 66 14 4 0 0 5 .212
Sebastian John AUS 162 33 7 1 3 23 .204
Wells Leo FAR 164 33 11 0 2 15 .201
Hare Jimmy OW 30 6 1 0 0 1 .200
Churchill Bob WIN 25 5 1 1 0 5 .200
Lundquist Jack OW 20 4 1 0 0 0 .200
Fleiner Al AUS 10 2 0 0 0 0 .200
Younghans Hal WSA 178 35 6 0 0 17 .197
DeRose Carl AUS 79 15 4 0 1 7 .190
Will Bobby MAK 74 14 2 1 2 11 .189
Jones LeRoy(Stumpy) LEA 53 10 2 1 0 6 .189
Shillings Alger(Corky) WIN 16 3 0 0 0 1 .188
Kubiski Al FAR 33 6 1 0 2 3 .182
Green Frank WIN 11 2 1 0 0 0 .182
Lucken Ole FAR 67 12 2 0 4 9 .179
Giebel Gordy OW 67 12 5 0 0 5 .179
Orphan Hugh WIN 40 7 1 0 0 4 .175
Cassidy Dick WSA 29 5 1 0 0 1 .172
Conroy Bill WSA 29 5 0 0 0 3 .172
Treichel Al WIN 24 4 1 1 0 2 .167
Moore Tom WIN 19 3 0 0 0 2 .158
Sagedahl Manny FAR 14 2 1 0 0 0 .143
Nowka Jack OW 7 1 0 0 0 2 .143
Edmonds Vern WSA 43 6 2 0 1 3 .140
O'Coine Marshall ROC 29 4 1 0 0 4 .138
Albrecht Ed MAK 15 2 0 0 0 0 .133
Faber Bob OW-ROC 15 2 0 0 0 0 .133
Gheta George AUS-OW 55 7 0 0 0 3 .127
Saul Frank(Pep) FAR 50 6 1 0 0 1 .120
Clark Otis ROC 9 1 0 0 0 1 .111
Powell Spike ROCH 9 1 0 0 0 2 .111
Chmiel Herb FAR 46 4 0 0 0 1 .087
McMullan Hugh WSA 24 2 0 0 0 0 .083
Czaplewski Dick WIN 13 1 0 0 0 0 .077
Ferullo Carmen LEA 39 1 0 0 0 0 .026
Turck Don LEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hastings Bob AUS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rader Dick WIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Guse Bill OW 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Maddox Roy ROC 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Nehring Merlin(Hambone) WIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wieczorek Chester WIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Koval George WSA 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Platzer Don ROC 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Krueger OW 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Schultz Al OW 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Smith Jack OW 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Angelo Carl WIN 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sierra Andy FAR 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hoeft Fred ROC 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Smith Carlee MAK 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Spady Dick MAK 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Idzkowski Dick ROC 14 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lombardo Lou ROC 14 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Moraga Eddie WSA 14 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Helme Cal WIN 20 0 0 0 0 0 .000
(1) The published figures shown Scarborough with a .273 average, but with
16 hits in 55 at bats (.291).
Source : The Winona Republican Herald, September 5, 1953
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Second-baseman Jack Turney of the league champion Stellarton Albions has displaced teammate Joe Fulghum as batting champion of the Halifax and District Baseball League. Official averages for qualifiers with 100 at bats show Turney with a mark of .330. Second was Truro’s Freddie Dale with .320, Leo Christopher was third at .319. Joe Fulghum at .318 and Kentville’s Steve Korcheck .316 rounded out the top five. Korcheck led most of the season, but Turney, Dale and Fulghum put on terrific spurts to take over.
Other league leaders were: Doubles, Paul Brissette, Liverpool, 13; Triples, Korcheck, Kentville, 9; Home Runs, Al Griggs, Kentville, 12. In runs batted in, the leader was Griggs with 44, and in runs scored Liverpool’s Gene Schiller topped the field with 49. Matt Maetoza, Kentville was the stolen base leader with 15 swipes.
Liverpool was the leading team on defense with a .957 team fielding percentage.
In pitching the leaders were Dave Stenhouse, Kentville, with a 12-5 record; Don Swanson , Liverpool, 11-3; Liverpool’s Ron Jirsa, 11-4; and Truro’s Chalmers Port, 11-4. Stenhouse led in strikeouts with 126 in 130 innings pitched.
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS Brissette Paul 208 26 64 13 0 1 10 28 .308 Schiller Eugene 196 49 59 8 6 8 8 14 .301 Mulcahy Jack 206 29 57 10 5 2 11 34 .277 Sczesny Matt 164 26 44 10 5 3 11 20 .268 McGuiken Charles 199 19 51 5 0 1 4 16 .256 Gastall Tom 178 25 39 5 2 1 13 16 .219 Bowers Mac 117 25 4 1 3 2 8 .214 Conti Lou 15 3 .200 Buss Ray 114 15 19 4 3 1 4 10 .167 Boudreau Don 37 6 1 1 1 1 5 .162 Satalino Marty 16 2 .125 Seaman Danny 21 2 .095 Stabile Don 13 1 .077 Swanson Don 19 Oster Bill(Wild Bill) 18 Jirsa Ron 15 Heerlein Charles(Chuck) 13 Cote Ron 10 Buchanan 8 Tarpey Phil 6 Lewis Tom 3 Melkonian Hal 2 KENTVILLE WILDCATS D'Avanzo (Buzz) 47 9 15 2 1 0 4 4 .319 Korcheck Steve 215 33 68 9 9 7 13 31 .316 Tripp Bob 136 14 39 6 0 6 0 22 .287 Griggs Alvin 245 41 61 5 2 12 6 44 .249 DeMonge Don 216 19 50 7 5 4 5 33 .231 Maetoza Matt 201 28 46 3 4 0 15 10 .229 Tonery Chris 180 19 41 1 3 0 3 20 .228 Prohovich Don 200 35 45 8 2 4 7 31 .225 Kearns Bill 206 37 41 7 3 3 5 19 .199 Saffer John 55 7 9 1 0 1 0 1 .164 Hornyak John 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stenhouse Dave Perry Ron Tominaga Hank Bunker Dick Kennefic Dick Douglas Bob Lillios Steve TRURO BEARCATS Dale Fred 222 28 71 9 3 5 3 26 .320 Stowe Robert(Fred) 193 17 51 7 1 4 3 18 .264 Frye Will 164 25 43 6 0 7 5 21 .262 Norskey Al 211 29 54 4 3 5 1 29 .256 Lloyd HarryLee 227 32 57 9 5 1 9 24 .251 Harris Dickie 178 28 40 5 4 2 6 13 .225 Horbelt Ed 156 30 34 8 1 9 3 17 .218 Hoch Art 175 26 36 6 1 5 4 19 .206 Kelly Jim 77 8 16 2 1 1 1 6 .208
Warfield Donald(Tex) 27 1 4 0 0 0 0 .148 Wilkins Dick 37 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 .135 England Dick Lore Bill Marbry Don Port Chalmers Walsh Billy Zych Alex STELLARTON ALBIONS Turney Jack 173 19 57 10 2 2 3 27 .329 (1) Fulghum Joe 223 35 71 12 1 7 1 37 .318 Rogers Kay 220 25 66 9 6 1 1 22 .300 Parker Frank 29 8 .276 Stewart Bob 224 36 59 9 4 5 0 25 .263 Brooks Bill 168 25 43 5 1 5 0 21 .256 Werber Bill 154 21 39 6 1 3 6 15 .253 Reekie Harry 159 23 40 3 1 1 3 8 .252 Heath Cecil 227 31 54 8 0 4 4 14 .238 Vogt Pete 110 26 .236 Way(Sonny) 169 14 38 6 1 1 1 18 .225 Hansil John(Shady) 37 8 2 0 0 .216 Hooks Ed 45 9 .200 Harkey Tom Brown BobbyLee Yvars Jack Raines John(Monk) Long Vance Nesbitt Ray Williams Rudy MacVicar Jim(Lefty) Foote Amby Carver George DARTMOUTH ARROWS Sticka Charley 13 6 .462 Morton Herb 46 5 14 1 1 1 2 7 .304 Beaver Reg 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Lay Joe 7 0 2 0 .286 Mullane Bill 7 1 2 0 .286 (1) Hurley Ed 203 25 56 2 3 1 0 22 .276 Goldfader Syd 217 33 57 10 1 8 2 24 .263 Weidenhammer Ron 222 28 55 5 3 3 5 18 .248 Guidotti Hugo 101 14 25 4 0 2 1 8 .248 Tarr John(Jake) 197 25 48 3 6 5 3 17 .244 Josephson Harry 125 16 29 7 1 5 1 24 .232 Hogan Dick 207 25 46 6 2 4 3 18 .222 Beaver Bob 9 2 .222 Emaars Duane 38 5 8 2 0 2 0 6 .211 Limato Lou 81 4 15 2 0 0 7 0 .185 Riley Jack 63 8 10 2 1 1 0 5 .159 Eason Ron 109 7 17 1 1 0 0 6 .156 Gray Jim 17 1 .059 (1) Conrad 1 0 0 0 .000 Beaton Harry 1 .000 Blackburn Tom Boganzi John Bowers Fran Dobbins Ed Eason Don Emaars Juane Fahey Norm King Jim HALIFAX CAPITALS Taormina Paul 14 5 .357 Boyd Bob 15 5 .333 Christopher Leo 119 17 38 7 0 0 0 10 .319 Spangler Al 43 9 13 1 1 0 2 1 .302 Yasensky Tom 40 11 .275 Christof Ed 57 15 .263 O'Brien Stu 55 5 14 3 1 0 0 5 .255 Caiafa Gene 44 2 11 0 2 0 2 5 .250 Weinstock Art 83 10 20 3 1 0 0 7 .241 Carter Billy 187 20 45 8 1 6 4 19 .241 Parisi Tony 113 15 27 5 1 4 0 17 .239 Erickson Stu 182 27 43 5 3 7 2 24 .236 Dalton Mike 73 5 17 3 0 0 1 4 .233 Falwell Johnny 169 23 34 7 2 0 4 6 .201 Clark Johnny 184 20 36 3 2 2 7 12 .196 Roland Perry 17 3 3 0 1 0 0 4 .176 Easterbrook Bob 30 1 3 .100 Weinberg Dan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cohen Jim 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Condy W.A.(Buddy) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stroelein Jackie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Feldman Joe 6 Bagdonovich Dan 7 Heller Jim(Smokey) 8 Iceton Warren 13 Foote Amby 16 Kreutzer Frank 17 Beaton Harry Brophy Art Buonato Bob Cameron Don Eastman Mike Krall John Psome Creon Strychnewicz Ed (1) Paper showed Turney at .333, with at bats & hits shown would be .329. Gray .109,
should be .059, Mullane shown at .000, should have been .286. Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE G W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS
Melkonian Hal 1 0 1.000 4 5 5 3 1
Lewis Tom 1 0 1.000 13 11 3 7 9
Heerlein Charles(Chuck) 8 1 .889 78 71 24 28 27
Swanson Don 11 3 .786 119 86 29 45 79
Jirsa Ron 11 4 .733 101 79 34 61 70
Buchanan 2 2 .500 44 38 17 11 16
Tarpey Phil 1 1 .500 29 27 15 14 10
Cote Ron 1 2 .333 49 45 25 38 32
Oster Bill(Wild Bill) 2 6 .250 51 45 31 30 60
KENTVILLE WILDCATS
Stenhouse Dave 12 5 .706 130 97 47 70 126
Tominaga Hank 8 4 .667 92 95 46 32 28
Perry Ron 8 5 .615 122 108 36 25 88
Kennefic Dick 1 1 .500 38 40 23 17 13
Bunker Dick 3 5 .375 80 69 39 42 54
Douglas Bob 1 3 .250 42 40 22 19 20
Lillios Steve 0 2 .000 25 22 19 12 15
TRURO BEARCATS
Port Chalmers 11 4 .733 111 96 37 29 80
Zych Alex 8 3 .727 105 80 32 40 45
Marbry Don 4 3 .571 58 63 44 27 30
England Dick 2 2 .500 27 34 12 10 20
Horbelt Ed 2 3 .400 55 60 42 27 34
Lore Bill 3 5 .375 67 77 39 11 24
Walsh Billy 1 6 .143 52 50 29 21 37
StELLARTON ALBIONS
Carver George 2 0 1.000 19 24 16 8 17
Raines John(Monk) 4 1 .800 39 30 11 12 32
King Jim 7 7 .500 113 91 49 45 73
Brown BobbyLee 6 6 .500 85 57 40 54 46
Eason Don 6 6 .500 108 88 37 17 82
Yvars Jack 3 3 .500 50 49 30 25 30
MacVicar Jim(Lefty) 1 1 .500 21 17 11 12 10
Harkey Tom 5 6 .455 94 65 48 62 53
Boganzi John 5 7 .417 104 75 44 55 65
Long Vance 2 3 .400 36 43 24 8 21
Williams Rudy 1 2 .333 24 25 15 15 8
Nesbitt Ray 1 5 .167 29 30 18 18 22
Foote Amby 0 1 .000 21 19 19 16 12
Beaver Reg 0 1 .000 9 5 4 4 7
DARTMOUTH ARROWS
Bowers Fran 1 0 1.000 20 10 11 12 25
Emaars Juane 3 2 .600 35 32 15 18 18
Blackburn Tom 2 3 .400 48 56 26 19 22
Dobbins Ed 0 0 .000 5 6 5 3 4
Beaton Harry 0 0 .000 4 2 1 0 5
Fahey Norm 0 3 .000 37 43 24 20 13
HALIFAX CAPITALS
Krall John 3 1 .750 34 42 21 1 8
Kreutzer Frank 2 1 .667 58 63 38 31 16
Buonato Bob 4 5 .444 68 56 34 33 25
Heller Jim(Smokey) 3 4 .429 50 49 21 13 37
Feldman Joe 2 3 .400 38 37 19 14 8
Iceton Warren 3 5 .375 39 43 24 21 15
Foote Amby 1 3 .250 65 46 35 32 28
Bagdonovich Dan 1 4 .200 38 43 33 31 26
Beaton Harry 0 0 .000 4 2 1 5 0
Cameron Don 0 0 .000 1 4 4 4 1
Brophy Art 0 1 .000 28 44 25 12 12
Psome Creon 0 1 .000 21 23 15 10 4
Eastman Mike 0 1 .000 5 12 13 2 8
Strychnewicz Ed 0 1 .000 3 5 4 0 0